equipment

English

Etymology

equip +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/

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Noun

equipment (uncountable)

1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
   • (Can we date this quote?) David Hume:

     The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.

2. Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc.; for carrying on business); horse equipment; infantry equipment; naval equipment; laboratory equipment.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Henry Longfellow:

     Armed and dight, In the equipment of a knight.

Translations

the act of equipping

• Bulgarian: екипиране (bg) (ekipirane) n
• Catalan: equipament (ca) m
• Czech: vybavení (cs) n
• Dutch: uitrusting (nl) f
• Finnish: varustaminen

• German: Ausrüstung (de) f
• Romanian: echipare (ro) f, echipament (ro) n
• Russian: оборудование (ru) (oborúdovanije) n, снаряжение (ru) (snarjažénije) n
• Swedish: utrustning (sv) c, utrustande (sv) n
• Turkish: ekipman (tr), donatım (tr), donatma (tr)

whatever is used in equipping

• Bulgarian: снаряжение (bg) (snarjaženie) n, оборудване (bg) (oborudvane)
• Catalan: equipatge (ca) m, equipament (ca) m, equip (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設備 (cmn), 设备 (cmn) (shèbèi)

• Czech: vybavení (cs) n, výstroj (cs) f
• Danish: udstyr (da) n
• Dutch: uitrusting (nl) f
• Finnish: varusteet pl, tarvikkeet pl, varustus, kalusto (fi)
• French: équipement (fr) m
• Galician: equipamento (gl) m
• German: Ausrüstung (de) f

• Irish: acmhainn (ga) f
• Japanese: 設備 (ja) (せつび, setsubi)
• Maori: taputapu (mi), utauta (mi)
• Polish: sprzęt m
• Romanian: echipament (ro) n
• Russian: оборудование (ru) (oborúdovanije) n, снаряжение (ru) (snarjažénije) n
• Spanish: equipamiento (es) m, equipo (es) m
• Swedish: utrustning (sv) c
• Turkish: malzeme (tr)

Related terms

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